[OpenIndiana-discuss] firefox/thunderbird mediators and upgrade

[Andreas Wacknitz]

Am 12/7/21 um 21:52 schrieb Bob Friesenhahn:
> I have not updated OpenIndian for some time (/etc/release says
> 2020.10).  Using 'pkg update -rnv' I see reasonable output except for
> this output (simplified) which causes concern:
>
> Changed mediators:
>   mediator firefox:
>            version: 60 (system default) -> None
>
>   mediator thunderbird:
>            version: 52 (system default) -> None
>
> I am worried that the above means that after an upgrade, there will be
> no firefox or thunderbird available.  Presumably I could then manually
> install them.
>
> My assumption regarding the meaning of 'Changed mediators' may be
> totally incorrect.
> Using 'pkg mediator' I see this relevant output:
>
> MEDIATOR            VER. SRC. VERSION IMPL. SRC. IMPLEMENTATION
> firefox             system    60      system
> thunderbird         system    52      system
>
> Will everything just be ok or is there a way to influence the
> mediators in advance such that firefox and thunderbird will be
> installed with the latest version?
>
> Bob

Don't worry. We have removed both mediators as we only have one version
of both packages for some time now and don't plan to support multiple
packages for the foreseeable future.
Thus, the mediators were useless.

Andreas